This is the NASA Voyager Data Management Handbook, August 1967, that was produced for the use of all activities supporting the Voyager Project.
The Voyager Project was a 1960s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) proposal for a robotic spacecraft program to explore Mars and Venus. Managed by the Jet Propulsion Lab, the project was formally approved by NASA Headquarters in 1964, but delays caused by cuts to NASA's science budget, debate over how Voyager should be managed and launched, and new Mars atmosphere data gathered by the July 1965 Mariner IV flyby, pushed back NASA's formal Voyager start-up until January 1967. Congress, however, refused to fund Voyager as it was seen as too costly and because of undermined confidence in NASA caused by the recent Apollo 1 fire. NASA formally abandoned the project in September 1967.
Identifier
NASM.2022.0008
Creator
California Institute of Technology. Jet Propulsion Lab
Date
August 1967
Provenance
Richard J. Plocica, Gift, 2021, NASM.2022.0008
Extent
0.05 Cubic feet (One legal folder.)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This is the NASA Voyager Data Management Handbook, August 1967, that was produced for the use of all activities supporting the Voyager Project.
Arrangement note
Just one item.
Rights
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Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Citation
Voyager Data Management Handbook NASM.2022.0008, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Astronautics Mars probes Venus probes Planetary science Voyager Project